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Persoonlijke gegevens James HAMILTON 

• Hij is geboren op 21 januari 1811 in Seamore Place, Mayfair, Middlesex.
• Titel: 1st Duke of Abercorn
• Hij is overleden op 31 oktober 1885 in Baronscourt Tyrone, Ireland, hij was toen 74 jaar oud.

Gezin van James HAMILTON

Hij is getrouwd met Louisa Jane RUSSELL.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1832, hij was toen 20 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Albertha Frances Anne HAMILTON  1847-1932 
2. James HAMILTON  1838-1913 
3. Katherine Elizabeth HAMILTON  1840-1874 

Notities over James HAMILTON

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, KG, PC (21 January 1811 - 31 October 1885), styled Viscount Hamilton from 1814 to 1818 and the Marquess of Abercorn from 1818 to 1868, was a British Conservative politician and statesman who twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Born at Seymour Place, Mayfair, Abercorn was the son of James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton, himself the eldest son of John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn. His mother, Harriet, was the second daughter of the Hon. John Douglas, himself the son of James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton. His father died when Abercorn was only three. In 1818, aged seven, he succeeded his grandfather in his titles and estates. He was educated at Harrow School and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1856, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Laws from the University of Oxford.

On 12 December 1844, Lord Abercorn was made a Knight of the Garter at the relatively young age of 33, becoming on 13 November of same year Lord Lieutenant of Donegal and Deputy Lieutenant of Tyrone. On 25 February 1846 he was appointed a Privy Counsellor and Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, and remained a prominent figure in the royal court for the next two decades. In 1866, he was appointed Viceroy of Ireland, and two years later was created Marquess of Hamilton (in the Peerage of the United Kingdom) and Duke of Abercorn (in the Peerage of Ireland), resigning shortly after Gladstone won the 1868 general election. He was reappointed to the post in 1874, and the Duke served as Viceroy until his resignation in 1876, partly on account of his wife's ill health. In 1874, he was chosen Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, a post he held until his death. Abercorn was Envoy-Extraordinary for the investiture of King Umberto I of Italy with the Order of the Garter on 2 March 1878. He was elected Chancellor of the University of Ireland in 1881, and died four years later at his home of Baronscourt, County Tyrone.

He is buried in the cemetery at Baronscourt Parish Church, the traditional burial place of the Dukes of Abercorn and their families.

Family and children
Abercorn married Lady Louisa, second daughter of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, in 1832. They had fourteen children, thirteen of whom survived infancy:

Lady Harriet Georgiana Louisa Hamilton (1834-1913), married in 1855 to Thomas George Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield. They had eight sons and five daughters.
Lady Beatrix Frances Hamilton (1835-1871), married in 1854 to George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham
Lady Louisa Jane Hamilton (1836-1912), married in 1859 to William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn (1838-1913)
Lady Katherine Elizabeth Hamilton (1840-1874), married in 1858 to William Henry Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
Lady Georgiana Susan Hamilton (1841-1913), married in 1882 to Edward Turnour, 5th Earl Winterton
Lord Claud Hamilton (1843-1925)
Lord George Hamilton (1845-1927)
Lady Albertha Frances Anne Hamilton (1847-1932), married in 1869 to George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough. The marriage was annulled in 1883.
Lord Ronald Douglas Hamilton (1849-1867)
Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton (1850-1932), married in 1869 to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
Lord Cosmo Hamilton (1853-1853, on the same day)
Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton (1856-1928)
Lord Ernest Hamilton (1858-1939)

Abercorn died in October 1885, aged 74, and was succeeded by his eldest son, James. The Duchess of Abercorn died in March 1905, aged 92. Through his son, the 2nd Duke, Abercorn is a great-great-great grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales. Through his daughter, Lady Louisa, Abercorn is a great-grandfather of HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, and a great-great grandfather of Sarah, Duchess of York.
SOURCE: Wikipedia

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